Question

english

Select the sentence that is punctuated correctly. a. One answer to the housing shortage is rent subsidies for tenants, and another is low mortgage rates for landlords. b. One answer to the housing shortage is rent subsidies for tenants another is low mortgage rates for landlords. OG One answer to the housing shortage is rent subsidies for tenants, another is low mortgage rates for landlords.

Answer 1

The right answer is a. the grammar rule is that whenever two independent clauses are joined then a 'coma' is put before 'and' but if one of the clause is dependent then a 'coma' is not used before 'and'. Similarly whenever two qualities of any thing are in any sentence then no 'coma' before 'and' is used but if these are three or more then a 'coma' is used before 'and' . There is an exception if the independent clauses are too short and closely related then 'coma' before 'and' can be ignored

for example Jini cooked and John cleaned

In the given problem there are two independent clauses capable of standing as a complete sentences. thus when joined with a conjunction 'and' a 'coma' is needed